Arrangement for transporting large transformers



Jan. Z5 1927- A. ZELEWSKI ARRANGEMENT FOR TRANSPORTINQVLARGE TRANsFoRMERs" .Filed Sept. 25, 1926 t v.Im/entranti ',lexofrjderN Zelewsm,

LJ His Att() Z Patented Jan. 25, 1927.

, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER ZELEWSKI, 0F OBERSCHONEWEIDE, NEAR BERLIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR T0 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

ARRANGEMENT FOR TRANSPORTING LARGE TRANSFORMERS.

Application lcd September 25, 1926, Serial No. 137,800, and in Germany Get-ober 6', 1925.

My invention relates to an arrangement for transporting large transformers. 1n transporting a large transformer, the maximum permissible height of the transformer is limited in any particular case by the railroad clearance as defined by bridges, tunnels and so forth.v In order that a transformer of maximum height may be transported by rail, it is necessary that the railway car be arranged to carry the transformer with the transformer base as close to the track or ground as possible. There has already been used for this purpose a railway car which comprises two side girders which connect and are supported by two wheeled end trucks, the transformer resting upon cross girders extending under and secured to the lower edges of the side girders. The general object of the present invention is to provide an improved construction and arrangement for transporting transformers of extreme height. vention, the transformer base, which is usually very strong-and rigid, is extended laterally under the lower edges of the sidel girders of a railway car and secured to the girders so that cross girders are not necessary. Vith this arrangement, the permissible height of the transformer is increased over that in the previous arrangement referred to above by an amount equal to the thickness or height of the transformer base.

The invention will be better understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 shows a transformer supported in accordance with the invention by the side girders of a railway car and Fig. 2 shows the previously used arrangement referred to above.

In the arrangementshown in Fig. 1, the railway car comprises'two side girders l0 `shown in vertical cross section at right angles to the direction of travel of the car. The ends of these girders may be supported In accordance with the in.

by wheeled trucks in any suitable manner. The base 11 of the transformer 12 is extended laterally under the lower edges of the two side girders 10 to which it is secured by bolts 13. In the previous arrangement shown in F ig. 2 where the transformer rests upon cross girders 14, the dimensions of the lower part of the transformer including its base are limited in one direction by the space available between the two side girders 10 of the railway car although the transformer may be as long as desired in the direction parallel to these side girders. The extension of the transformer base on each side under the side gir-ders as shown in Fig. 1 thus has the advantage of providing greater stability for they transformer and is of particular advantage in case the transformer is to be mounted on rollers. If such rollers are used, they may be secured to the transformer base after the transformer has reached its destination. During transportation of the transformer, any detachable accessories, such as the bushings 15 shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, may be removed and transported separately.

Various modifications of the particular arrangement which has been shown and described may of course be made within the scope of theinvention as defined in the appended claim. v

wWhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

An arrangement for transporting a large transformer, said arrangement comprising a railway car havino' two spaced side girders, a transformer disposed between said girders and ii'ieluding a base extending under the lower edges of said girders, and means for securing said transformer base to said gil-ders.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of September, 192

ALEXANDER ZELEISKI. 

